Mr. Somnath S who is the Director of Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC), a organization that supports the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) discusses the future of space travel and how partnering with start-ups is instrumental for advances in space technology. Mr. Somnath is the current Director of Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC) which is a major center for design, development and realization of liquid propulsion stages for Indian Space and Research Organization's Rockets. He is an expert in the area of system engineering of launch vehicles and has contributed in the development of two major rockets of ISRO namely Polar Satellite
Launch Vehicle (PSLV) & Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle
(GSLV) Mk-III. The first experimental suborbital test flight of GSLV
Mk-III was successfully accomplished in 2014 under his leadership.
He is the recipient of many awards and honours, including the ‘Space Gold Medal’ from Astronautical Society of India. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx